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Miscellaneous Collections/
Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents Ledger

Background

Arrangement and Content

Restrictions

Subject Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

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Collection Summary 

Creator:

Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents, South Dakota State University
 

Title:

Miscellaneous Collections/Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents Ledger
 

Dates:

Inclusive:  1884-1895
 

Abstract:

Collection consists of the original ledger of minutes of the Board of Regents for the Dakota Agricultural College from 1884-1895.  Also included is a petition, signed by many students of D.A.C requesting that the English/History professor be removed from his post.
 

Physical Description:

1.38 linear feet—1 container
 

Collection Number:

UA 52.3

Background

An agricultural college for the Territory of Dakota was established February 21, 1881.  At the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly, provision was made for a Board of Regents of six members, exclusive of the governor of the Territory, who was the ex-officio President of the Board.  A board was selected with three members serving terms of three years and three members serving terms of four years.  This board was formed to establish and organize the Dakota Agricultural College.

In 1887, the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory established a method of government for the Dakota Agricultural College.  This method established a governing board made up of five appointees, the governor and one member of the Territorial Board.  The Territorial Legislature approved the appointees biennially, while the Territorial Board member served a one-year term.  An elected president and treasurer ran the board, and the president of the college served as a non-voting secretary.  The board held up to six meetings, totaling no more than 24 days, each year, and board members received compensation for attendance.

For two years, this Board of Regents governed the Dakota Agricultural College [D.A.C].  In 1889, in anticipation of statehood, the legislative assembly dissolved the Board of Regents and established a five-member Board of Trustees to govern the institution through the transition period.

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Arrangement and Content

The Dakota Agricultural College, Board of Regents sub-group contains the original ledger of minutes of the Board of Regents for the Dakota Agricultural College from 1884-1895.  Included in the minutes is information that details the organization of the college from the selection of the first president to the formation of committees to oversee the finances, course of study, farm, buildings and college lands, admission requirements, and budgets of the college.  Some of the later minutes include reports from the president of the college.  A notation appears at the end of the ledger indicating a second volume, which we do not have in our custody and its whereabouts is unknown.  The second item in the collection is a petition, signed by many students of D.A.C.  It requests that the English/History professor be removed from his post.

Container List:  UA 52.3—Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents Ledger
 

Box

Folder

Description

Dates

1

1

Petition

1887

 

2

Ledger—Minutes

1884 Jun. 2-1895 Aug. 19

Restrictions

Use of Materials

This collection is open to research without restriction.

Subject Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the subject guide. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the subject guide using these headings.

  • Agricultural colleges—Dakota Territory—Administration.

  • Dakota Agricultural College. Board of Regents.

  • Education—Dakota Territory.

  • State universities and colleges—South Dakota—Administration.

Related Material

Agricultural and Mechanical College of Dakota, Report of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College of Brookings, Dakota, to the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, Tribune Printers and Binders, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], 1885-[188?]. S537.S6 A45

Administrative Information

Preferred citation

Miscellaneous Collections/Dakota Agricultural College Board of Regents Ledger, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.

Provenance

This material was found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997. There is no indication of where the material came from or how it came to be here.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 14 January 1999 with revisions on 21 June 2002 [cjg].

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